Peas are an important part of the Christmas day meal for many New Zealanders. We grow a lot of them too, about 60,000 tonnes a year and most of them are grown in Canterbury. Lincoln arable farmer… Audio, Gallery

Mid-Canterbury arable farmer Tim Cookson has recently returned from a trip to the US where he was following his son's under-16 school rugby tour. During a break in the schedule he visited a large… Audio

Diversification is the keyword for Mt Somers Station owners David and Kate Acland. As well as farming cross-bred sheep, beef cattle and deer on the 3800-hectare South Canterbury hill property, the… Audio

Looking at freshwater as a silo rather than part of an interconnected and complex environment is preventing us from tackling the grave degradation of our environment form an industrial farming model… Audio

Canterbury dairy farmers Wendy and Lance Main are former 'townies'. After working their way up the share-milking ladder, the couple now produce premium milk on their own 250 hectares near Oxford. Audio

Northland is poised to become the avocado capital of New Zealand after growers north of Kaitaia received the green light for irrigation. But DOC is considering challenging them in the Environment… Audio

The irrigation industry is confident an end to government subsidies will not spell the end of large scale projects. Irrigation New Zealand is holding its biennial conference this week and looking at… Audio

It's feared a proposed conservation order to protect Golden Bay's world-renowned freshwater springs won't come quickly enough to stop local farmers taking more water from the aquifer that feeds it… Audio

Farming couple Duncan Smith and Annabel Tapley-Smith took over the butcher's shop in the central Hawkes Bay town of Waipawa this July. They're selling beef and lamb from their farm just down the road… Audio

Country Life hosts a round table discussion looking at some of the key challenges facing farming in New Zealand. Two people who earn their living as dairy farmers as two people who argue current… Audio

Country Life hosts a round table discussion looking at some of the key challenges facing farming in New Zealand. Two people who earn their living as dairy farmers as two people who argue current… Audio

The state of the country's waterways is almost constantly in the headlines. Now a definitive landmark report from the Ministry for the Environment has confirmed what many already suspected, that there… Video, Audio